Editorials:

Which way in?--The thoracotomy incision

CF Kittle
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 234.  

Articles:

Early primary correction of tetralogy of Fallot

JW Kirklin, EH Blackstone, EV Colvin, and ME McConnell
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 231-233.  

Early primary repair of tetralogy of Fallot

RA Gustafson, GF Murray, HE Warden, RC Hill, and GE Rozar, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 235-241. [Abstract]  

An improved technique to facilitate transcervical thymectomy for myasthenia gravis

JD Cooper, AN Al-Jilaihawa, FG Pearson, JG Humphrey, and HE Humphrey
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 242-247. [Abstract]  

Aortic valve replacement with the Starr-Edwards prosthesis: a comparison of the first and second decades of follow-up

A Cobanoglu, CL Fessler, L Guvendik, G Grunkemeier, and A Starr
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 248-252. [Abstract]  

Donor core-cooling provides improved static preservation for heart-lung transplantation

CD Fraser, Jr, F Tamura, H Adachi, GJ Kontos, Jr, J Brawn, GM Hutchins, AM Borkon, BA Reitz, and WA Baumgartner
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 253-257. [Abstract]  

Survival and "event-free" analysis of 785 patients with Bjork-Shiley spherical-disc valves at 10 to 16 years

RJ Flemma, DC Mullen, LH Kleinman, PH Werner, AJ Anderson, and E Weirauch
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 258-272. [Abstract]  

Pulmonary homograft implantation for ventricular outflow tract reconstruction: early phase results

LB McGrath, L Gonzalez-Lavin, and D Graf
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 273-277. [Abstract]  

Transthoracic exposure for anterior spinal surgery

RB McElvein, RJ Nasca, WK Dunham, and GL Zorn, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 278-283. [Abstract]  

Comparative morbidity of mitral valve repair versus replacement for mitral regurgitation with and without coronary artery disease

LH Cohn, W Kowalker, S Bhatia, VJ DiSesa, M St. John-Sutton, RJ Shemin, and JJ Collins, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 284-290. [Abstract]  

Chondrosarcoma metastatic to the heart

CY Leung, RG Cummings, KA Reimer, and JE Lowe
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 291-295. [Abstract]  

Marfan's syndrome: combined composite valve graft replacement of the aortic root and transaortic mitral valve replacement

ES Crawford and JS Coselli
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 296-302. [Abstract]  

Reflux patterns in patients with achalasia without operation

JP Shoenut, BG Trenholm, AB Micflikier, and JM Teskey
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 303-305. [Abstract]  

Temperature dependency of calcium-induced reperfusion injury in the isolated rat heart

T Hamasaki, H Kuroda, and T Mori
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 306-310. [Abstract]  

Postoperative fibrous cardiac constriction

LI Bonchek, MW Burlingame, and BE Vazales
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 311-314. [Abstract]  

Effect of electrophysiological testing on ejection fraction during cardioverter/defibrillator implantation

ML Antunes, HM Spotnitz, FD Livelli, Jr, JS Steinberg, and JT Bigger, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 315-318. [Abstract]  

Myocardial protection with blood cardioplegia in ischemically injured hearts: reduction of reoxygenation injury with allopurinol

J Vinten-Johansen, V Chiantella, KB Faust, WE Johnston, BL McCain, M Hartman, SA Mills, TO Hester, and AR Cordell
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 319-326. [Abstract]  

An unusually intractable Schatzki ring

L Molins, WS Payne, AJ Cameron, and RL MacCarty
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 327-329. [Abstract]  

Hidden foreign body as a cause of recurrent hemoptysis in a teenage girl

CW Pattison, AJ Leaming, and ER Townsend
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 330-331. [Abstract]  

Double-outlet left atrium with intact ventricular septum

Y Suzuki, Y Hamada, M Miura, K Haneda, T Horiuchi, and H Ogata
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 332-334. [Abstract]  

Embolectomy for acute pulmonary artery occlusion following Fontan procedure

JB Putnam, Jr, JH Lemmer, Jr, AP Rocchini, and EL Bove
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 335-336. [Abstract]  

Muscle-sparing posterolateral thoracotomy

DM Bethencourt and EC Holmes
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 337-339. [Abstract]  

Reexpansion pulmonary edema

S Mahfood, WR Hix, BL Aaron, P Blaes, and DC Watson
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 340-345. [Abstract]  

Diagnosis and correction of anomalous pulmonary venous return

HW Bender, Jr
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 346-347.  

Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

NT Kouchoukos, PA Ebert, FL Grover, and GG Lindesmith
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 348-349. [Abstract]  

Letters:

Vena cava filter and renal transplant

S Milano, L Niccoli, L Cristinelli, and G Mombelloni
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 350.  

Locating previously "stripped" venous systems and harvesting of lesser saphenous vein

MK Wood
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 350.  

Atrial septal defect for right ventricular failure

HY Karagoz, O Tasdemir, C Yakut, and K Bayazit
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 350-351.  

Surgical treatment of aortic aneurysms

A Verdant
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 351-352.  

Late complications of colon interposition

L Wetstein
Ann Thorac Surg 1988 45: 352.  

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